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It’s not clear to me that there’s a meaningful distinction. If “the masses” can be manipulated into supporting and even dying for a despicable but charismatic l
by kevinventullo 3y ago
It’s not clear to me that there’s a meaningful distinction. If “the masses” can be manipulated into supporting and even dying for a despicable but charismatic leader, that precisely means a bunch of individuals were so manipulated.
- cvoss 3y agoNo, I don't think that's right. A group of people functioning with a sense of group identity behaves very very differently from what each individual member of the group may say or do on their own. Peer pressure and groupthink are powerful phenomena that can override individual character and intelligence.